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Monarophyllum bilateralis

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Monarophyllum bilateralis was named by Whang and Hill (1999) [Type locality: Lake Bungarby, (36°09'S, 149°08'E), south-eastern New South Wales. Collectors: Greg Jordan, Graham Taylor and Leanne Dansie.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LB-046, housed in the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide., a sterile axis (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia. It is the type species of Monarophyllum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Monarophyllum bilateralis Whang and Hill p. 251 figs. 18-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
genusMonarophyllum
speciesbilateralis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Monarophyllum bilateralis Whang and Hill 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. S. Whang and R. S. Hill 1999Leaves bilaterally flattened, in opposite pairs, not petiolate; cuticle robust, outer surface papillate, deep indentations on inner cuticular surface mark positions of papillae.